Peanut-huller.



W. L. SMITH.

PEANUT HULLER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 28, 1917.

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, auvemtoz atto'nmug Patented Mar. 19, 1918.

W. L. SMKTH.

PEANUT HULLER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY28. 1917- Patented Mar. 19, 1918.

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W. L. SMITH.

PEANUT HULLER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 2'8, 191?.

PatentedMar. 19, 1918.

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WALTER- L. SMITH, OF HARTSFIELD, GEORGIA.

PEANUT-HULLER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 19, 1918.

Application filed May 28, 1917. Serial No. 171,457.

To all whom it mayconcern:

Be it known that I, WALTER L. SMITH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hartsfield in the county of Colquitt and State of (ireorgia, have invented a new and useful Peanut-Hillier, of which the following is a specification.

The subject of this invention is a peanut huller wherein crusher bars rotate within a cage and are associated with a fan, and the objects of the invention are, first, to provide means for hulling the peanuts and for separately delivering the meat and hulls, second, to provide adjustable means for securing the cage bars, third, to provide a simple and efficient huller.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangementof parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it bein understood that changes in the precise em odiment of the invention herein disclosed, can be made within thescope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

One practical embodiment of the invention is shown in the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a central, Vertical, longitudinal section. V

Fig. 2 is a side elevation.

Fig. 3 is a plan view with the hopper removed and a portion of the casing broken away.

Referring to the drawings by numerals of reference:

Front standards 1 and rear standards 2, here shown shorter than the front standards, are provided, and each pair of standards is connected at the bottom by the cross tie piece 3 which is let into the foot of the standards asshown. A base board 4 also connects they lower end of the standards 1 and the standards 2 and extends transversely below the machine body.

Side boards 5 are secured within the standards and rest on the baseboards 4:, and the rear ends of the side boards extend beyond the rear standards 2 for a short distance, while the forward ends of these boards are preferably flush with the front faces of the forward standards. A forward top plate 6 and a rearward top plate 7 extend across the machine and rest on the upper edges of the side boards 5, within the standards l and 2. These top plates are spaced apart as shown and may be secured in place 1n any usual and well known manner. The front of the machine is closed by a bar 8 which extends transversely of the body and is secured to the standards 1 and spaced fromthe base board 4, and a board 9 which is spaced some distance above the bar 8 and secured to the standards 1. and the standards 1' extend for a short distance above the top of the machine.

Extending transversely of the machine within the space between the boards 8 and 9 is'a shaft 10 which is journaled in suitable bearings 11 secured to the standards 1. Fan blades 12 are secured to the shaft 10 and the fan is housed in by a semi-cylindrical casing 13 which is detachably secured within the opening between bar 8 and board 9 by pins 14 which are secured at each end of the casing 13 and extend into bores formed in the standards 1, and also by hooks 15, pivoted to each end of the casing and adapted to engage an eye 16 secured to each standard 1, or by any other suitable means. The shaft 10 extends beyond its journal at one end and on this end is secured a grooved pulley 17, which is connected by a belt 18 to a pul- Pulley 19 is secured on one extending end of a horizontally disposed shaft 20 which is journaled in suitable bearings 21 secured to the upper edge of the side boards 5 at a point midway between the opposed edges of the top plates 6 and 7. Arms 22 are secured on and extend radially from the shaft 20 and secured to the free ends of these arms are crushing bars 23. A pulley 24. is secured to the other end of the shaft 20 and may be belted to any suitable source of power.

A substantially arcuate slot 25 is formed ineach side board 5 and underlies the shaft 20, and extending transversely of the machine with their ends projecting through these slots, are a series of bars 26 which are held in spaced relation by wedges 27 which are driven between the projecting ends of the bars and lie against the outer face of each side board 5, as shown. As will be apparent a cage is thus formed which lies below and is spaced from the crusher bars 23. The end bars of this cage, as will be seen most clearly in Fig. 1, are restrained not only by the ends of the slots 25, but also by bars 28 which extend transversely of the machine immediately below the opposed edges This board 9 ing transversely of the machine is a board or wall 33 which slopes forwardly and downwardly and partially underliesthe cage bars 26. Another board'or wall '34 is positioned transversely ofthe machine, and has'its 'forward edge abutting the front board 9' and top plate 6, from whence it extends rearwardly and downwardly below the cage bars 26, and this'wall defines, with'th'elower edge ofthewall '33, a slot 35.

A board or wall 36 extends transversely of the machine andhas its front edge cont'acting the frontbar 8 from which it extends upwardly and rearwardly and terminates with its rear edge defining, with the rear edge of wall-3'4, a slot 37. A plate 38 extendstransversely of the machine with its front edge projecting through the slot formed between'the'base board 4 and "front bar '8, and this edge underlies a bar 89, which is secured to thelower edge of front bar-'8, to form a discharge spout. The plate 38 slopes forwardly and downwardly as seen in Fig. 1.

A supporting strip '40-is secured to each sideboard?) and a plate 41' is supported on these strips and has a tight sliding fit'betwe'enthe side boards5. The plate 41 is inclined forwardlyand-downwardly and its front .edge is positioned'to ali'ne with the rear edge of the'plate 38. As shown in dotted lines, Fig. 1, this plate 41 may be adjusted to leave a slightopening between its for-ward edge and the rear edge of plate 38. e

A supporting strip 42'is secured to each side board 5 below'the strip 41 and a plate 43 rests on these strips. The plate 43 is arranged on the same incline as the plate 41 and terminates at its forward end below a median line of the plate 41, while its rear edge'proje'cts for some distance beyond the rear edge of the late 41. A transverse wall 44 may extend forwardly and upwardly from the upper edge of the rear base board 4.

Pivotally secured to the upper edge of the front board 9, as by hinges 45,-isa box like hopper 46 which has a transverse slot 47 formed atone end of its bottom and adapted to register with the slot 32 when the -hopper is in lowered or discharge position.

A jointed arm 48 may be pivoted to the side 'of-the machine and the hopper fort-he pur- 34 from whence they will. gravitate through the slot 85. As the meat and hulls leave the plate 34 and drop'towardplate 41, they will pass slot 37 through which a blast of airis being directed by the fan. "This will blow the'hulls and chaff upplate 41v and they will fall from the rear edge of the .plate onto plate 43 and gravitate down this plate toathe receptacle on which the. device stands.

Themeat, being heavy, will notbe .a'f-

fected by the air 'blastibut will gravitate down plate 41 to platev88 and discharge. As

shown in dotted lines, "P ig. 1,,plate 41,1nay be moved slightly from contact withplate 38 so that slightparticles'of chaff orihulls which may have escaped-with the meat may drop'through the narrow slot thus produced. Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is: i V

A peanut'huller, comprising .a .ecasing a cage in the casing,.crusher bars revolvingin the cage, a fan within the casing, means for delivering material to, the cage, means 'for directing material discharged'fromithe cage across the path of air from the fan, airinclined plate below the fan for receivingthe heavier material and directing itwithout the casing said platebeing adjustable to discharge smallparticles therefrom, and' an auxiliary plateunderlying the first plate and extending rearwardly thereof for receiving the'lighter material and directing it toward a given point.

In testimony-that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixedhmy signature in the presence oftwo witnesses.

' WALTER L. -SMITH.

Vitnesses:

J J BLACKBURN, f

SMITH, -J r. 7

Q manor mipmn: my bebbtaln'ed tor flve cents each, by aldd ressingvthe Commissioner of 'rratentc,

"Washington; D. 0'. 

